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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug do Murphy's men use to knock Dave out?
(a) Demoral.
(b) Valium.
(c) Thorazine.
(d) Haldol.

2. What type of work does Cletus do before partnering with Dave in homicide?
(a) Burglaries.
(b) Misdemeanors.
(c) Vice.
(d) Sex crimes.

3. Who says, "Julio Segura is real garbage"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Didi Gee.
(c) Sam Fitzpatrick.
(d) Jimmie.

4. What type of cigarette does the man in the raincoat smoke?
(a) Camel.
(b) Kool.
(c) Marlboro.
(d) Winston.

5. In Chapter Three, for whom are the three men looking?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Fitzpatrick.
(c) Erik.
(d) Bobby Joe.

6. What does Dave suggest to Segura in order to worry him in Chapter Two?
(a) That the police will be watching.
(b) That they are contacting the FBI.
(c) That the IRS is checking his returns.
(d) That they are closing down his prostitution ring.

7. What is myth number two?
(a) Johnny Cash did time in Folsom Prison.
(b) Warren Harding was part African American.
(c) John Calvin was the inventor of Southern Myth.
(d) There is a Nazi submarine off Grand Island.

8. In Chapter Three, what is Dave doing on his houseboat when the Treasury agent visits?
(a) Cleaning his guns.
(b) Talking on the telephone.
(c) Watching the sunset.
(d) Having a beer.

9. In Chapter Four, the Latin American restaurant to which Fitzpatrick takes Dave is located where?
(a) Dauphin Ave.
(b) Bourbon St.
(c) King St.
(d) Louisiana Ave.

10. Who says, "Teaching you what a real bad day can be"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Cletus.
(c) Segura.
(d) Segura's bodyguard.

11. What is Dave first answer when Annie asks him what is wrong in Chapter Six?
(a) Suspension.
(b) Hangover.
(c) Grief over Fitzpatrick's death.
(d) Malaria.

12. Who is Lovelace Deshotels?
(a) The dead girl's mother.
(b) A woman from Dave's childhood.
(c) A Cataouatche Parish deputy.
(d) The girl found in the bayou.

13. What happens when Bobby Joe forces the mixture down Dave's throat in Chapter Six?
(a) Dave throws up.
(b) Dave is rescued by Cletus.
(c) Dave fights them off.
(d) Dave begins hallucinating.

14. Where does Dave find Bobby Joe Starkweather in Chapter Seven?
(a) In a pig pen.
(b) In a warehouse.
(c) In Pott's adult theatre.
(d) On his houseboat.

15. In Chapter Two, who says, "you're in over your head"?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The older deputy.
(c) The younger deputy.
(d) Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of suits does Jimmie wear?

2. With whom is Dave drinking at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

3. In what neighborhood does Annie live?

4. In Chapter Five, who believes that Dave is covering for Cletus?

5. Where did Dave grow up?

(see the answer keys)

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